Ahdi of Baghdad

Ahdi of Baghdad (d. 1593 ), also referred to in Turkish as Bağdadlı Ahdi Ahmed Çelebi, was an Ottoman and Safavid era poet and bibliographer of the 16th century. He was one of the first four Ottoman poets to write a tezkire (bibliographical dictionary of poetry).

Ahdi was born in Baghdad and was of Persian descent. His birth name was Ahmed bin Shemsi. Ahdi's main work is the tezkire named Gülşen-i Şuara (Rosebed of Poets), which he wrote the same year on his return home. It was different from the previous ones written until then because it covered only poets contemporary to the author's lifetime. It was finished in 1563, and was dedicated to Prince Selim, afterwards known as Sultan Selim II. Ahdi died in Baghdad towards the end of Selim's reign.